Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022) - Credits and Details

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody Credits and Details

Directed by
	Kasi Lemmons	...	directed by
Written by
	Anthony McCarten	...	written by
Cast
	Naomi Ackie	...	Whitney Houston
	Stanley Tucci	...	Clive Davis
	Ashton Sanders	...	Bobby Brown
	Tamara Tunie	...	Cissy Houston
	Nafessa Williams	...	Robyn Crawford
	Clarke Peters	...	John Houston
	Daniel Washington	...	Gary Houston
	Bailee Lopes	...	Bobbi Kristina (8-11 Years Old)
	Bria Danielle Singleton	...	Bobbi Kristina (16-19 Years Old)
	JaQuan Malik Jones	...	Michael Houston
	Kris Sidberry	...	Pat Houston
	Dave Heard	...	Rickey Minor
	Coffey	...	James (as Kelvin Coffey)
	Lance A. Williams	...	Gerry Griffith
	Luke Crory	...	Superfan
	Jeffrey L. Brown	...	Pastor
	Andrea Eversley	...	Barbara
	Devon Coull	...	Policeman (ATL)
	Jaison Hunter	...	Jermaine Jackson
	Steven DeMarco	...	Engineer #1 (LA Studio)
	Paul Held	...	Merv Griffin
	Lynn Leger	...	Anita Baker
	Ernst Berrouet	...	Al Sharpton
	Paul Taft	...	Video Director (How Will I Know)
	Maurice Emmanuel Parent	...	Producer #2
	Brandon G. Green	...	R&B DJ
	Ross MacDonald	...	Director (Bodyguard)
	Tobias Wilson	...	Engineer #2
	Jon F. Merz	...	Captain
	Evelyn Howe	...	Stylist
	Charles Baglio	...	Police Officer
	Stew Replogle	...	Detective (as Stewart Replogle)
	Brett Kline	...	Paparazzi
	Gene Yee	...	Chinese Family Member
	Olia Neiman	...	Interviewer (Europe)
	Gary Tanguay	...	Superbowl Commentator
	Alexandria Danielle King	...	Passenger (in Traffic)
	Naheem Garcia	...	New Hope Pastor
	Sean Amos	...	Minister
	Shirvorne Bruder	...	Red Carpet Celebrity
	Jay Dunigan	...	Paul
	Eileen Gonzales	...	TV Commentator
	Eric Gledhill	...	Flag Folder
	A.J. Rubin	...	Bugle Player
	Justin D. Davis	...	Male Backup Dancer (as Justin Davis)
	Cedrick Ekra	...	Male Backup Dancer
	Lovely Hoffman	...	Female Backup Singer
	Adrienne Nails	...	Female Backup Singer
	Shikena Stanton	...	Female Backup Singer
	Isaiah K. Carter	...	Chicago Concert Drummer (as Isaiah Carter)
	Evonne Archer	...	Chicago Concert Keyboardist
	Mtali Banda	...	Chicago Concert Saxophonist
	Kofi B.	...	Rickey Minor Pianist (as Kofi Boakye)
	Ciara J. Dillion	...	Nanny
	Jamie Tompkins	...	Media Commentator
	Paul White Jr.	...	New Hope Organ Player
	Antoinette Smith	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Leshia Boone	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Brian C.L. Bailey	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Linda Chalk	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Carolyn Bernadette Spencer-Holmes	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Machelle A. Smith	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Chappella Rabess	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Melissa 'meme' Johnson	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Charisse M. Freeman	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Gwen S. Haynes	...	New Hope 1983 Choir (as Pastor Gwen S. Haynes)
	Darlene Y. Williams	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Patryce N. Archie	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	James E. Odom	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Rosehell Y. Hamlet-Sciaraffa	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Francine G. Pina-Council	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Sheila Shepard	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Jan M. Washington	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Showna Denyse Kelley	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Jermaine Clyde Leggett	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Sonya M. Crapps	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Joy M. Howard	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Tammie M. Terry	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Karen Grifin-Eberhart	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Terrence J. Haynes	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Kenya Richardson	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Terry A. Reynolds	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Kevin J. Jiles	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Vanessa Cofer	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Krista General	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Yashica Haynes-Blue	...	New Hope 1983 Choir
	Alex Fetbroth	...	'How Will I Know' Dancer
	Ian McKenzie	...	'How Will I Know' Dancer (as Ian Mckenzie)
	Lindon Phillips-Johnson	...	'How Will I Know' Dancer / 'I'm Your Baby' Dancer
	Alex Arce	...	'How Will I Know' Dancer
	Ebony Williams	...	'How Will I Know' Dancer
	Olivia Cipolla	...	'How Will I Know' Dancer
	Christian Deshautelle	...	'How Will I Know' Dancer
	Kayla Luoma	...	'How Will I Know' Dancer
	Nick Silva	...	'I'm Your Baby' Dancer
	Nelson Chalas	...	'I'm Your Baby' Dancer / 'So Emotional' Dancer
	Chance Thuman	...	'I'm Your Baby' Dancer / 'So Emotional' Dancer
	Zyla Harris-Petter	...	'I'm Every Woman' Dancer (as Zyla Nia Harris-Peter)
	Gabbrielle Anacleto	...	'I'm Every Woman' Dancer
	Maya Sutton	...	'I'm Every Woman' Dancer
	Lyahnnette Raquelle Morales	...	'I'm Every Woman' Dancer (as Lyahnette Morales)
	Devin Woolridge	...	Bobby Brown Dancer
	Tarikh Campbell	...	Bobby Brown Dancer
	Coran Spardakis Henley	...	Rickey Minor's Band (as Coran Henley)
	David Macklin Sr.	...	Rickey Minor's Band
	Krisanthi Pappas	...	Rickey Minor's Band
	Elan Trotman	...	Rickey Minor's Band
	Robbie Buchanan	...	Sweetwater's Keyboardist
	Elegance Bratton	...	Spencer
	Richard Conti	...	Arista Executive
	Greg Roman	...	Arista Executive
	Bradley Nnadi	...	Red Carpet Photographer
	Ricardo Cisneros	...	Red Carpet Photographer
	Desary Vailencour	...	Red Carpet Reporter
	Jacobi Brown	...	Rickey's Pianist #2
	Zaria Rampaul-Essue	...	Havana Fan
	Priscilla Walker	...	Shy Fan
	Veronica Nix	...	Whitney Stylist
	Brooke Basse	...	First Mate / Steward
	Danny Baily	...	Boat Captain
	Jake Hicks	...	Picture Boat Driver
Uncredited Cast
	Henry Acosta	...	Oprah Winfrey Show Audience Whitney Houston Fan & Restaurant Customer
	Zeiana Andrade	...	Young Woman #1
	Ashley Antonio	...	Young Fan
	Mateo Philip Arnold	...	VIP Guest
	Sylvie Barjolo	...	Girl #2
	James Allen Barnes	...	Deacon
	Tanner Beard	...	Günther
	Robert L. Blauner	...	Reporter
	Tom Bletsis	...	Arista VIP
	Shey Bogumil	...	Concert Goer
	David S. Bookbinder	...	Stagehand - Arista 15th Anniversary
	Ronald P Boone Jr.	...	Bodyguard
	Peter Brownlee	...	VIP Party Guest
	Froylan Cabuto	...	Red Carpet Paparazzi / Concert Goer
	Courtney Caruso	...	Super Bowl Fan
	Edwin Cherfils	...	Supper bowl commentator
	Tracy Coffey	...	Super Bowl Fan
	Timothy Connelly	...	AMA Awards Audience Member
	Chanel Rose Connor	...	Detective
	Cameen M Copeland	...	Bodyguard
	Paul Corwin Jr.	...	NY Giant Football Player
	Stevie Costa	...	Dinner Scene
	Ashawn Dabney-Small	...	Birthday Guest
	Kevin Daigneault	...	Stage Manager
	Cassandra Davis	...	Whitney's Assistant
	Millie Del Oro	...	Superfan
	Sunny Dennis	...	Sound Engineer
	Brendan Edwards	...	Award Show Guest
	Jennifer Ellis	...	Lisa Hintelmann
	Vasilah Ellison	...	Patron
	Michael Entin	...	Super Bowl Reporter
	Jennifer Joan Fay	...	AMA Guest
	James Gaiero	...	Desert Storm Soldier
	Heidi Garza	...	Defiant Woman
	Jasmin Gomes	...	Defiant Woman
	Bhanu Gopal	...	Band Member / Super Bowl Fan / Audience Member
	Christopher Gregoire	...	Clive Davis' Butler
	Josh Habib	...	Concert Goer / Volumetric Capture
	Nicole Haftel	...	Fan / Teenager
	Jason Hair-Wynn	...	Sound Studio Crew Member
	Shane T Harris	...	Vip Guest
	John T. Hillman	...	Arista Lobby Client
	Laura Hubbard	...	Defiant Woman
	Selina Hui	...	'I'm Every Woman' Dancer
	Ian Dylan Hunt	...	Clive's Son - Event Camera Operator
	Marcela Jaramillo	...	HS Counselor
	Carl Jean-Baptiste	...	Concert guest
	Lorenzo Johnson	...	MC Hammer
	Madison LaPlante	...	Featured Young Woman
	Savanah Lee
	Rob Lévesque	...	Arista Executive
	Brendan Manning	...	Super Bowl Fan
	Markie Marchant	...	Gala Women
	Kazina Maxine	...	NJ City Official / Super Bowl Fan / Chicago Concert Patron
	Faye Mbo	...	Sweetwater VIP Member
	Erin McAnespie	...	Club Patron
	James McDonough	...	Bartender at Sweetwater Club
	Casey McNeal	...	Reporter
	Joe Messina	...	Airport Traveler
	Adrian M. Mompoint	...	Marvin
	Alana Monteiro	...	Girl
	Donna Ognibene	...	Flight Attendant
	Peter Olejnik	...	Cameraman
	Khalil Paige	...	Whitney Houston's Bodyguard
	Bre Palmer	...	Defiant Woman
	Anthony Pelton	...	Police Officer
	Kevin Pitcairn	...	South African Concertgoer
	Rickland Powell	...	Nightclub Patron
	Anne Reardon	...	Paparazza
	Alexa Renée	...	Defiant Woman
	Arida Rivera	...	VIP Party Guest
	Johnny X Rook	...	Super Bowl XXV Participant
	Kimberly Ryans	...	VIP Party Guest / Oprah Show Audience Member
	Gerardo Saenz	...	Neighbor
	Scott Sangster	...	News Producer
	Mary Ann Schaub	...	VIP Studio Guest / Socialite
	Rhonda Araujo Smith	...	Congregation Member
	Sarah Snyder	...	Marching Band Member / Concert Goer
	Matt Soscia	...	Super Bowl Fan
	Richard Spink	...	Super Bowl Fan
	Zachariah Supka	...	NY Giants Football Player
	Marilyn Swick	...	Dinner Date Couple
	Dustin Teuber	...	Camera Operator
	Bobby Ray Thompson III	...	Basketball Player
	Jordan Thompson	...	Audience Member
	Justin M. Tolliver	...	Concert Fan
	Ghia Truesdale	...	Music Awards Guest
	Ilya Tsymbal	...	Orderly
	Khai Tyler	...	Young Woman #3
	Tomm Voss	...	Copenhagen Stage Manager
	Jason Waszak	...	Hotel Paparazzi
	Christopher Wyman	...	Super Bowl Honor Guard
Produced by
	Naomi Ackie	...	executive producer
	Janice Beard	...	executive producer
	Lexie Beard	...	executive producer
	Tanner Beard	...	executive producer
	Polly Bennett	...	associate producer
	Jane Bergère	...	executive producer
	Mitchell Bornstein	...	co-producer
	Daysha Broadway	...	co-producer
	Marina Cappi	...	executive producer
	Dennis Casali	...	executive producer
	Josh Crook	...	executive producer
	Clive Davis	...	producer
	Doug Davis	...	associate producer
	Ramses del Hierro	...	co-producer
	William Earon	...	executive producer
	Eric Falkenstein	...	co-producer
	Dwjuan F. Fox	...	line producer: additional photography
	Matthew Gallagher	...	executive producer
	Suzanne B. Grant	...	associate producer
	Erika Hampson	...	executive producer
	Jennifer Heffernan	...	associate producer
	Patricia Houston	...	producer
	Matt Jackson	...	producer
	Jeff Kalligheri	...	producer
	Ross Kestin	...	associate producer
	Joshua Kushner	...	associate producer
	Kasi Lemmons	...	executive producer
	Paul A. Levin	...	co-producer
	Thad Luckinbill	...	producer
	Trent Luckinbill	...	producer
	Anthony McCarten	...	producer
	Stella Meghie	...	executive producer
	Lawrence Mestel	...	producer
	Nancy O'Brien	...	associate producer
	Mackenzie O'Connell	...	executive producer
	Denis O'Sullivan	...	producer
	Christina Papagjika	...	producer
	Ryan Ratelle	...	associate producer
	Matthew Salloway	...	producer
	Sainath Shinde	...	VFX Line Producer
	Molly Smith	...	producer
	Rachel Smith	...	executive producer
	Seth Spector	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Chanda Dancy
Special Effects by
	William Cunha	...	special effects technician
	Andrew Thomas Fairbank	...	special effects foreman
	Juliana Lustig	...	special effects coordinator
	Tim Lutz	...	special effects technician
	John Ruggieri	...	special effects supervisor
Visual Effects by
	Divya Agrawal	...	visual effects coordinator
	Hardik Aiya	...	FX Department Manager
	Kiana Ajamzadeh	...	Visual Effects Production Manager
	Azra Alkan	...	senior compositor
	Josephine Allegretti	...	Roto Artist: Zero VFX
	Imogen Arthur	...	visual effects coordinator: London
	Ajinkya Barde	...	visual effects artist
	Anabel Barnston	...	additional visual effects coordinator: London
	Matthew E. Bell	...	lighting artist: Zero VFX
	Marc Beroza	...	visual effects editor
	Sunil Bindra	...	Lighting TD
	Saugat Bose	...	visual effects environment modeling supervisor
	Zachary Bosley	...	visual effects production assistant
	Phoebe Britton	...	compositor
	Niraj Chokshi	...	additional visual effects
	Krishnendu Chowdhury	...	senior compositor
	Temple Clark	...	storyboard artist
	Jadrien Cousens	...	matte painter
	Bradley Cox	...	visual effects: Volumetric Capture Technician
	Gourab Das	...	compositing lead: REDEFINE
	Bharat De	...	Head of 2D: Compositing - Redefine
	Rahul Dhanwe	...	modelTD
	Courtney Dreher	...	visual effects artist
	Nick Drew	...	visual effects executive producer: Axis Studios
	Brian Drewes	...	visual effects executive producer: Zero VFX
	Tim Field	...	visual effects producer
	Andrew Fine	...	lead data wrangler
	Mandy Frazier	...	visual effects coordinator
	James Gadd	...	Senior Volumetric Capture Technician
	Natali Gancheva	...	digital compositor
	Robby Geis	...	cg supervisor
	Kristina Georgieva	...	visual effects coordinator: DNEG/ReDefine
	Jordan Gestring	...	fx artist: Zero VFX
	Gaurav Ghatge	...	Prep Artist / prep artist
	Biswarup Ghosh	...	fx & crowd line producer: ReDefine
	Blake Gingerich	...	visual effects editor
	Claudio Gonzalez	...	compositing supervisor: Zero VFX
	Neelesh Gore	...	Head of CG
	Morgan C. Griffiths	...	compositor: Zero VFX
	Ankit Gupta	...	visual effects layout lead
	Zach Hamelton	...	visual effects producer: Zero VFX
	Mary Hayden	...	visual effects producer: Dneg - Previs
	Julianne Holzschuh	...	digital compositor
	Amanda Howanice	...	visual effects tracking artist: Zero VFX
	Huck Hur	...	head of layout: ReDefine
	Katya Ivanova	...	lead compositor: DNEG/ReDefine
	Salim Kandulna	...	digital compositor
	Thomas Katsikoudis	...	render support: Axis Studios
	Abdul Quasim Khan	...	CG Supervisor
	Hyungwoo William Kim	...	matchmove lead: Track VFX
	Kingslin	...	visual effects pipeline td: ReDefine
	Ashley Knehans	...	visual effects artist
	Ashish Kukian	...	Head of Shot Production
	Sonia Kung	...	production coordinator: Track VFX
	Timothy LaFleur	...	lidar technician
	Don Libby	...	visual effects supervisor: Zero VFX
	Derrick Ligas	...	digital compositor
	Sami Ling	...	volumetrics artist
	Susan Ma	...	VFX Bidding Producer
	Alexey Mazurenko	...	visual effects head of lighting department
	Samantha McLaughlin	...	VFX Production Assistant: visual effects
	David Mei	...	visual effects artist
	Anthony Merola	...	Senior Production Coordinator: Zero VFX
	Daniel Moreno	...	visual effects artist
	Virendra Nawade	...	senior show production coordinator
	Subhakant Nayak	...	digital compositor
	Ralitsa Nikolova	...	visual effects coordinator
	Paul Norris	...	visual effects supervisor
	Collette Nunes	...	visual effects editor: Axis Studios
	Tejas V Nyalpelly	...	visual effects coordinator
	Michael O'Hara	...	visual effects artist: Zero VFX
	Yun Oo	...	visual effects production assistant
	Mehul Panchal	...	visual effects production manager
	Manoj Patidar	...	crowd supervisor
	Milena Peneva	...	Company Schedule
	Marinela Petrunova	...	digital compositor
	David Pietricola	...	visual effects artist
	Kj Pilar	...	visual effects associate producer
	Adrianna Polcyn	...	volumetric capture lead
	Dhere Pratik	...	Crowd TD
	Matthieu Presti	...	head of fx: ReDefine
	Omprakash Rai	...	Matchmove HOD
	Nikhil Rane	...	visual effects
	Manali Rawale	...	visual effects artist
	Tess Rees	...	volumetric technical artist
	Brian Ripley	...	digital artist
	Pratik Sampat	...	visual effects lighting td
	Charbel Semaan	...	vfx colorist: ReDefine
	Jimit Shah	...	Head of Department Prep & Roto
	Suraj Avinashrao Shrikhande	...	sr Mattepainting Artist
	Andrew Simmonds	...	visual effects supervisor
	Steven Spady	...	visual effects editor: Zero VFX
	Robert Spaniolo	...	visual effects artist
	Stanislav Stavrev	...	digital compositor
	Mike Stillwell	...	visual effects supervisor
	Milan Stoyanov	...	digital compositor
	Martin Suryadi	...	i/o coordinator
	Albert Testani	...	visual effects head of production: Axis Studios
	Tania Tiedemann	...	visual effects texture artist
	Thiago Tunes	...	matchmove artist
	Christoph Unger	...	digital matte painter
	Dragostin Valev	...	compositing supervisor
	Raghav Verma	...	Crowd Fx Td
	Sergio Villegas	...	matchmove supervisor: Zero VFX
	Simon Windsor	...	executive producer volumetric capture
	Radoslav Yanudov	...	digital compositor
	Victoria Ashly Griggs	...	visual effects assistant production supervisor: Alias Film
	Halime Maloof	...	visual effects artist: Redefine
	Luiz Armando Pitondo Junior	...	Lighting TD
	Georgie Turner	...	Junior DI Producer: Twickenham Film Studios
	Bruno Xiberras	...	cg supervisor: Redefine
Stunts
	Michael Balzano III	...	precision driver
	Tanika Benjamin	...	stunt double: Bobbi Kristina
	Edward Gabree	...	stunt driver
	Anthony Hoang	...	stunt driver
	Adam S. Katz	...	stunt driver
	Chad Knorr	...	stunt driver
	Charles Luise	...	precision driver
	Paul Marini	...	stunt coordinator
	John Vincent Mason	...	stunt driver
	Mark Pettograsso	...	stunt driver
	Valisa Tate	...	stunt double: Naomi Ackie
	Duwaun White	...	stunt double: Ashton Sanders
Thanks
	Tony Beetsma	...	special thanks
	Jay Cohen	...	special thanks
	Vondie Curtis-Hall	...	special thanks

Additional Info
Premiere:	December 21, 2022
Theatrical Release:	December 23, 2022
DVD Release:	February 28, 2023
Blu-ray Release:	February 28, 2023
Country:
Distributor:	Sony Home Entertainment
Websites:

Ratings
6.6 / 10	51 / 100

Production Companies
Compelling Pictures
Black Label Media
Dimension Studio
Muse of Fire
Primary Wave Entertainment
TriStar Pictures
West Madison Entertainment

Distributors
TriStar Pictures (2022) (United States) (theatrical)
Netflix (2023) (World-wide) (video)

Filming Locations
Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA (Superbowl Halftime Show Stadium)
New York City, New York, USA
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Tampa, Florida, USA

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